GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |